Weeks after Mamaroneck plant released 18 million gallons of wastewater into Long Island Sound, Rye enters intermunicipal agreement aimed at preventing pollution.
By the time the decommissioning process of Indian Point’s final reactor began in April 2021, it had been active for almost 60 years, providing more than 80 percent of the region’s carbon-free electricity.
Con Edison wrapped orange tape around trees on Stuyvesant Avenue before city officials and Rye police took action.
Landscapers have essentially seven months to prepare for the ban.
Those speaking in opposition to a full ban on gas blowers all asserted the same argument: When it comes to the spring and fall cleanup periods, electric leaf blowers are simply not up to par.
Drivers using Rye Park as a traffic bypass pose a public hazard, residents say — and they fear it's only going to get worse.